Geophysical Potential Fields: Geological and Environmental Applications

Geophysical Potential Fields: Geological and Environmental Applications, Volume Two, investigates the similarities and differences of potential geophysical fields, including gravity, magnetics, temperature, resistivity and self-potential, along with the influence of noise on these fields. As part of the Computational Geophysics series, this volume provides computational examples and methods for effectively solving geophysical problems in a full cycle manner. Including both quantitative and qualitative analysis, the book offers different filtering and transformation procedures, integrated analysis, and special interpretation methodologies, also presenting a developed 3D algorithm for combined modeling of gravity and magnetic fields in complex environments.

The book also includes applications of the unified potential field system, such as studying deep structure, searching hydrocarbon and ore deposits, localizing buried water horizons and rockslide areas, tectono-structural mapping of water basins, and classifying archaeological targets. It is an ideal and unique resource for geophysicists, exploration geologists, archaeologists and environmental scientists.

Clearly demonstrates the successive stages of geophysical field analysis for different geological and environmental targetsProvides a unified system for potential geophysical field analysis that is demonstrated by numerous examples of system applicationDemonstrates the possibilities for rapidly and effectively interpreting anomalies, receiving some knowledge of modern wavelet, diffusion maps and informational approach applications in geophysics, and combined gravity-magnetic methodology of 3D modelingIncludes text of the Geological Space Field Calculation (GSFC) software intended for 3D combined modeling of gravity and magnetic fields in complex environments

1. Introduction 2. Potential Geophysical Fields: Similarity and Difference 3. Different Kinds of Noise and Ways for their Removal 4. Qualitative Analysis of Potential Fields 5. Quantitative Analysis of Potential Field Anomalies 6. Algorithms for Combined 3D Modelling of Gravity and Magnetic Fields 7. Methodology of 3D combined gravity-magnetic modelling 8. Studying Deep Structure 9. Searching Economic Minerals 10. Searching and localization of Water Reservoirs; Mapping of Water Basins 11. Environmental Geophysics 12. Archaeological Geophysics 13. Conclusion